Minecraft Mod suggestions?

[zathrus]

D is wanting to get started with making Minecraft mods. She's starting her research just with Google, and has absolutely no coding experience. For those more in the know than I, are there any major pitfalls I should know to steer her around or things that will really help her out?

Newt

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[beth_leonard]

The YouthDigital course is really quite good. You can usually get 40% off at the Homeschool buyer's club. If you want to buy it, you can use my referral code (or if you have another friend who actually will eventually get enough points to spend on something real, have them send you one.) https://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/mod-design-1/?source=157769

The class is only good for one year, so make sure she finishes before that, although they will extend it for you if you purchase another course. (That's what we ended up doing because Amber didn't quite finish in time.)

--Beth

[zathrus]

Thanks for your recommendation; I was pretty sure I remembered your kids doing something along those lines! D is seriously considering the course; it would be her own money she'd be spending, so it's quite a decision for her, but I think she's leaning in favor of it. We'll see.

Newt

[beth_leonard]

If it's her own money, then she's probably more likely to actually finish it. Peter stalled out at lesson 6, Amber at lesson 10 (of 12). I think my kids have a fear of success (that and they're also over-scheduled

[beth_leonard]

Looks like their website offers a money-back guarantee for the first 30 days or first 4 lessons.

That will get you the IDE download and the codebase to modify, so if you'd rather play with it on your own, you can do so, but it won't get you to the lesson where it teaches you how to save your mod and share it with others.

--Beth

[ukelele]

A number of libraries these days have Minecraft programs for teens; there might be local people who have expertise and/or can hook her up with a community of like-minded people. (I don't remember exactly where you are, but I'm pretty sure Skokie PL is in your area, and I know it does Minecraft and has some really deep tech expertise. But your google will work well for this :)

[zathrus]

Skokie is the suburb next door to ours, which is to say, quite close, but they will probably give preference to their own residents if there's more demand than space. My interest in adding another place I have to take kids to is approaching negative, but they're all so Minecraft-mad that I may have to investigate anyway, in the interest of giving them a possible social outlet. In any case, thanks for the recommendation of a free option, and it might be really interesting to see her navigate both the course and the library Minecraft group; maybe some good confidence-building there, and something she can do that her younger brothers can't (since they haven't built up the cash reserves she has to pay for the course), which might help address the "my 5-years-younger brother is passing me in math" issue.

If I'm not being horribly unrealistically optimistic or anything....

Anyway, thanks; I'll look into it.

Newt

[douglasmiller]

I know nothing about modding Minecraft, but if this turns into a general interest in programming you could try out Project Euler ( https://projecteuler.net/ ) or Codespells ( http://codespells.org/... )